Police Patrols on Main Roads
To detect breaches of the traffic laws, a system of police patrols is about to be inaugurated on main highways throughout the State…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1939
6,386 stories in Sydney's papers · page 26 of 250
Harbor Bridge "Not Beautiful," Artist Says
"The Harbor Bridge is not beautiful, so why draw attention to it," asked Lionel Lindsay, artist, last night. He was commenting on the suggestion of the president of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Star Swimmers Different Ends Of Train
TWO champion swimmers travelled to Sydney at different ends of the Brisbane mail train which arrived…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Road Reports. New Deviation Opened
The Crooked River deviation, a new length of the Prince's Highway, commencing approximately eight miles south of Kiama, and extending for about hall a mile, is now open…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wyong-entrance Road. Wyong
The Wyong and District Chamber of Commerce and the Entrance and Long Jetty Progress Associations recently made representations to the Main Roads Board about…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Road Crash; Man Killed Brisbane
One man was killed and another seriously injured in a crash, involving three trucks, near Stanthorpe, close to the New South Wales border, early…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Stop Press Phone M2406 Train Wrecked in Snow
LONDON, Thursday.--Two passengers were killed and seven injured when an express from Cambridge crashed into the rear of a slow…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Editorial The Holiday Toll Of The Road
The completed record of holiday traffic casualties shows 480 accidents, with 31 persons killed and 405 injured. Mr. Bruxner, Transport Minister, is depressed by this list, which exceeded his worst fears…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Road Toll Error Bruxner Says "Not Hiding Anything"
ROAD toll statistics issued by the Minister for Transport, Mr. Bruxner, immediately after the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Road Caution 'Thrown To The Winds' During Holiday Times
Holiday periods, particularly at Christmas and New Year, demanded extra care from every motorist, but, instead, it was apparent that many drivers chose those times to throw all caution to…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Motors and Motoring Looking Over the Latest Models Worthwhile Improvements in the New Cars for 1939
HAVING already seen most of the 1939 models, including some of those which have not yet been announced to the public, I am able to record a few impressions and point out a few details that may have missed the attention of those who have…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Vic. May Build, Railway to Rand; N.S.W. Cabinet Agrees
ESTIMATED to cost £250,000, a railway line from Oaklands to Rand, in the Southern Riverina, may be constructed by the Victorian Government. The N.S.W. Government has agreed…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Motoring. New Cadillac. Limousine Type. Imperial Seven-seater
Recently there was landed, a limited number of Cadillac Imperial sevenpassenger limousines with American coachwork. These cars are…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Death After Railway Accident. Bathurst
James Leslie, 15, of Cowra, received injuries which afterwards caused his death when he was struck by a train at the Bathurst Railway Station on August 17, last year, but…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Two Hurt in Tram-taxi Smash
A taxi driver and his passenger were injured when a taxi and tram collided head-on in Spit Road, Mosman, last night. Kenneth Sadler. 22, of Hume street,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Motor Cyclists Fight Bushfires
The ability of motor cycles to maintain vital communications under difficult conditions was demonstrated during the Victorian bushfires…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Topical Talks To Motor Cyclists More Clubs Needed Growth of Sport Depends on Members' Activity
Motor cycling in New South Wales needs new clubs and more virile clubs. There are approximately 45 clubs in the State with a membership of about 1700…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Motoring News
THIS mural was used at the New York, motor show to compare forward vision of the new cars With those of 1938. The narrow black line marks the average limit of vision in 1938 cars, while the average 1939 model takes in…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Test Shows Trams Hold Up Traffic
Investigations carried out by the Daily Telegraph last week, indicate strikingly the way trams slow down trafic. A number of experimental trips were made along George, Pitt, and…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Harbour Bridge Pylon
The exhibition at the south-eastern Pylon on the Harbour Bridge is open daily from 10 a.m. till 5.30 p m. The lens of the giant electrically operated Camera Obscura enables any scene within its…
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